With nominee voting for the 2023 Academy Awards opening today (Thu 12th Jan), the S/W team highlights the five standout films from each short film category.
Jonathan, twelve years old, lives with his sister, his mother and also some men. They all have the same face and nest in closets, drawers, TV set …
**FILM OPENS IN NEW WINDOW** - A betrayed wife starts to investigate her husband’s mistresses. Her jealousy is gradually replaced by curiosity.
A brilliant scientist sees his convictions crumble during a picnic at the lake
Sigmund Freud's only major case history of a female patient is revisited with a feminist lens.
An inventive digital animation about a father and son mortician who go to Hell and back (literally) to deliver a casket. 2008 Oscar nominee.
An ambitious journalist challenges the leader of a violent vigilante group to a high-stakes drinking game that may score her a scoop or a bullet to the head.
Alex arrives uninvited to a party and after a set of excruciating interactions with other guests is forced to recount a memorable dream he has had.
In this dark comedy of manners set in a surreal world, meticulously-coiffed soccer moms Jill and Lisa vie for perfect children, perfect husbands, and most importantly, perfect teeth.
I watched a ton of skate and surf movie as a kid growing up in the hotbed of alternative sports culture, Southern California. I was an accomplished if not spectacular practitioner of both, and would eat up the opportunity to see new tricks, new athletes, performing at the top of their game, re-watching those VHS tapes to the point of destruction.
